Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine nearly 90% effective, U.A.E says

By VOA,

One day after Britain became the first Western nation to begin mass COVID-19 vaccinations, the United Arab Emirates says a Chinese-made COVID-19 vacci...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , UAE

Raychelle Omamo, Sylvia Mulinge among 100 most influential African women

By Citizen Reporter,

Raychelle Omamo and Sylvia Mulinge are among 100 most influential women in Africa in 2020. Omamo is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary and M...

graca machel , Raychelle Omamo , Sylvia Mulinge

The timetable for coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that’s risky

By CNN,

Eighteen months might sound like a long time, but in vaccine years, it's a blink. That's the long end of the Trump administration's time window for...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

International charities work to brighten Malawi girls’ future

By VOA,

Two international charities have launched a program in southern Malawi to help girls in rural areas remain healthy and stay in school. The charities a...

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance , HIV/AIDS , Malawi , UNAIDS

As Tanzania LGBT fear for their lives, HIV will thrive

By CNN,

In one day, everything changed. One day, she could walk down the street like anyone else. People still stared and often judged but in their own min...

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) , Christine Stegling , International AIDS Alliance , Paul Makonda , President John Magufuli , Rapid Response Fund , UNAIDS

Fighting nears hospital in Yemen, trapping young patients

By Reuters,

Houthi fighters battled Saudi-led forces in Yemen port city of Hodeidah on Thursday and posted gunmen on the roof of a hospital, leaving doctors and y...

Hodeidah , Houthi fighters , Jamal Khashoggi , Saudi Arabia

Kenya’s ‘budget for the rich’ pushes poor to the brink

By Reuters,

A few metres from Kenya’s Parliament where the Treasury CS read his budget, Deborah Mwandagina, deputy principal of a school in Mukuru Slum, is unim...

2018/2019 budget , Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

NASA raids Kajiado, accuses Jubilee of laxity

By Majanga Michael,

Just a day after accusing the government of deliberately orchestrating the current unga shortage to starve Kenyans into desperation so that they will...

jubilee administration , Jubilee is a government of ‘blackmail’ – CORD leader Raila Odinga , kalonzo musyoka , Moses Wetangula , NASA , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

Why US suspended direct funding to Ministry of Health

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health will no longer receive direct assistance from American aid agency USAID – the US Embassy in Kenya has announced. Citing co...

Pentagon Wants to Expand US Military Efforts in Somalia

By VOA,

With frequent suicide bombings and assaults on Somalia’s hotels and military targets, the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has proved more resilien...

Innovations give African leaders hope malaria can be beaten by 2030

By Reuters,

African governments are confident malaria can be wiped out within 15 years as research innovations, including a vaccine against the disease, are devel...

africa , health , kenya , MALARIA , who , world health organization

2 abducted Serbians killed in U.S. Libya raids on Islamic State

By Agencies,

Two Serbian Embassy staff members abducted in Libya in November were among nearly 50 people killed on Friday in U.S. air strikes on a suspected Islami...

airstrike , Islamic state , libya , Serbia , Serbian

HIV+ Sex workers face human rights violations-Report

By Agencies,

Kenyan sex workers living with HIV/AIDS face persistent human rights violations, especially when it comes to accessing healthcare says a Global Networ...

HIV , HIV/AIDS , sex workers , World Aids Day

World Marks World Hepatitis Day

By Citizen,

The annual event provides international focus for patient groups and people living with viral hepatitis. It is an opportunity to raise awareness a...